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DC versus Marvel Reading Challenge 2016
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Snow on the cover, basically every setting is a snowy place too.
DCRed Hot Steele / Commissioner Gordon /To protect and serve /1 of 3/
main character works for the police.
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With apologies to the team, I'm really trying to not do rereads this year. I read Man in the High Castle last year, so I'm not doing it again for this month.
DCJonathan Haymaker/ Swamp Thing/ It Came From the Swamp/ 3 of 3
*Swamp Thing recruited!
Energy cell- The Man in the High Castle
MarvelRosemary and Rue/ Squirrel Girl/ Squirrel Tail/ 1 of 3
*One of the characters has tails.
Once in a Lifetime/ Agent Coulson/ Flying Car/ 1 of 3
*main character owns a car
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First of all I'd like to welcome everyone who joined this week and I added Jeremy, Milou, Kate and Felix to Team DC and Elwen, John and Karen to Team Marvel. Now both teams consist of 14 members.
It also has been a busy reading week for you and Team Marvel decided this week for them again.
The Marvelites went with a recruitment approach this week, where Christina got the achievement for being the first player to add Agent Coulson to her roster, while Shawnie got it for being the first to recruit Blade. In addition to that Kate added Nova to her roster.
Team DC went for a full beatdown of Penguin and Melanie, Dawn and Veronica gave our villain what he deserves. And Melanie took the achievement for being the first player to recruit Swamp Thing.
On the Energy Cell front, Team DC added 3 cells and Team Marvel 1 cell towards their first portal hero.
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No, you were counted. I can't mention every single book read so mentions in the round-up message are always about completed recruitments or defeated villains. :)
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I like to keep rules very simple and transparent and that's why I like to stick to the rule of 100 pages. A person reading a 1000 pages Steven Erikson book will read it slower than someone reading a 350 page Jim Butcher, but somewhere there needs to be a border and that is 100 pages. I'm totally fine with poetry, but the whole book/collection should reach the 100 pages mark.
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Abe Lincoln style it should be.
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As the others already explained correctly, the BotM has to be read entirely within the month were it is our BotM.
My personal philosophy behind that rule is that I'd like to encourage people to join in with our BotM reads, so we have a lot of participants and thus a lively and fun discussion. :)
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Yes, as long as the book is read in 2016 it counts. I also allow grandfathering. F.e. if someone joins in June that player can make all of their reads of 2016 count for recruitments.
That resembles a bit of the shocking plot twists and shifts of power we often see in comics and goes in flavor with the superhero style of the challenge.
But it still favors regular players as you can't defeat villains retrospectively or earn Energy Cells.
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What I'd like to see here are non-humans. Fur, tentacles, fangs, a plethora of limbs you name it.
A fully changed Werewolf would count for that, but a pale person that is supposed to be a vampire wouldn't. If in doubt, just post the cover and I'll judge it. :)
Mpauli wrote: "Milou wrote: "I have a question for Swamp Thing, Monster (Read a book with a monster on cover or where a monster is one of the main characters). What would count as a 'monster'? Zombies, Vampires, ..."Thank You :)
Wish I knew about grandfathering for last year as I joined in December....Mpauli, did you give me credit for recruiting Swamp Thing?
If anyone is looking for a book with an umbrella or top hat on the cover for Penguin, I cannot recommend The Night Circus enough! I'm listening to the audio version narrated by Jim Dale, and I can already tell it's going to be one of my favorite books of the year.
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I like to recommend this book whenever I can, absolutely love it
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Mpauli, did you give me credit for recruiting Swamp Thing?"
No, I did not, thankd for pointing that out. I remedied it, updated the posts, added the points and the achievement. :)
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Night Circus is a stunning book. I absolutely love that one.
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The Night Circus / Overall Discussion **SPOILERS** thread
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DC / The Watchmaker of Filigree Street /Atom /2. Dr. Ray Palmer / 1 of 3Female lead character is a scientist
DC/Truckers/Atom/Atomic Size/3 of 3All characters are (g)nomes and stand only a few inches tall.
ATOM RECRUITED
DC The Murder Complex/Black Canary/Martial Arts Expert/2 of 3*both main characters are expert fighters
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Read a book with a sun on the cover or where a character is a vampire. Night Watch Two of the characters are vampires. 1/3 for Blade
MarvelDer Seelenspeer/Squirrel Girl/Tippy Toe/1 of 3
*main character can control and talk to animals
Die Myrnengöttin/Black Panther/Black Panther/1 of 3
*leopard on the cover
Team MarvelMs. Marvel/Fangirl/1 of 3/The Universe Versus Alex Woods
Mr. Peterson is a fan of Kurt Vonnegut; he even named his dog after him.
MarvelThe Promise/ Jessica Jones/ Alias Investigation/ 3 of 3 *main character is a PI
JESSICA JONES RECRUITED
Can I still join this challenge? I probably won't be much help.. but it looks like fun! :) I was a bit intimidated by it at first I must admit, which is the reason for my late request! :PI don't really mind what team I'm in, whatever suits you lot!
Marvel - A Darker Shade of Magic/Black Panther/T'Challa/1 of 3Several of the main characters are Kings/Queens
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Join DC! DC are the best team!
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